A message from Joe Ehrmann

I received this email from former Orange and NFL great Joe Ehrmann. He asked me to share it here.

Dave:

My name is Joe Ehrmann, former SU football player. My son Joey, a high school senior recently accepted a football scholarship from Wake Forest University. It was a difficult process and decision for him. Joey attracted a lot of interest from schools all over the country, and it eventually came to SU, Iowa and Wake. These three in part because of the quality of their head coaches; Jim Grobe, Greg Robinson and Kirk Ferentz.

As a dad, I would have been thrilled for Joey to have played at SU and especially for Greg Robinson and his staff. I feel Greg is as fine a coach as there is in college football today. He has all the right values, perspective, football knowledge and is exactly the kind of man I would want to mentor my son and prepare him for life. As an SU alum I am proud to be associated with Greg and the values he lives by and promotes. As a former player and someone who coaches and works with coaches, I know it is just a matter of time till SU starts to win on the field.

My son chose Wake over other schools because he grew up in Baltimore as an avid ACC fan, has many former classmates matriculating there and liked the idea of going to a small college. As an Orange, I wanted to give a little inside perspective; we have a great school, wonderful athletic programs, facilities, tradition and a football coach who principled, authentic, focused and represents all that is right in college athletics. It is just a matter of time.